Chapter 86: Use the power of the prince to become my name
Xiao Jinyu sighed slightly, turned his eyes, and saw Gao Changgong looking at her intently, and was slightly startled.
Gao Changgong was born to be unparalleledly handsome. With their eyes facing each other so close and feeling his gaze, Xiao Jinyu couldn't help but blushing at the base of her ears and quickly looked away.
It took quite a while before she found the topic and asked, "Didn't I remind you of Zhou Envoy's intention?"
One sentence interrupted Gao Changgong's contemplation.
But at this moment, a group of guards arrived, two of them carrying a masked man in black.
"Prince, one ran away, captured two, and the other three have committed suicide." said one of the leading guards.
Gao Changgong nodded and stood up slowly.
The eyes of the guards fell on the monk lying on the ground again. The monk was dead, but there was a strange and unpredictable smile on the corner of his lips, and he seemed to be holding something in his hand.
The leading guard came over, took something out of the monk's hand, and handed it to Gao Changgong.
It’s a waist badge engraved with complicated patterns!
"Sure enough, this person lured me here today and wanted to kill me with a poisonous snake. He must have been instructed by the person behind this belt!" As he said, he looked at Xiao Jinyu and explained, "This eminent monk is named Huiwei. , before coming to Jiankang, I checked his origin. He is not a native of Jiankang, but from Yecheng, our country of Qi. He was originally an assassin, but he became anonymous in order to escape the pursuit of our court of Qi. He came here to become a senior monk, and it is said that he was highly regarded by your Southern Emperor Chen Xu."
Xiao Jinyu nodded.
"So, you just used yourself as bait to lure the snake out of its hole?"
"yes!"
"If I didn't come, you would probably die today, did you know that?"
"Maybe I'm used to it. On the battlefield, I'm not allowed to think too much. Going deep into the enemy's camp is a common occurrence."
He said, while Xiao Jinyu was slightly shocked, he smiled and said, "But aren't you already here?"
Xiao Jinyu was stunned again, seeming to understand something, and looked at Gao Changgong in disbelief.
"Could it be that the letter you asked Lu Yu to leave was just for me to read? Even the knife marks carved on the trees on the way to Tiantai Temple were left by you?"
Gao Changgong nodded, seeming a little apologetic.
"Yes! Sorry, I took advantage of the girl's kindness as a healer."
Xiao Jinyu shook his head and laughed: How could he be so easily deceived by a letter of unknown origin as Prince Lanling? She was too worried.
"These are all trivial matters to me. I don't care about these details. It's fine for you." After answering casually, she looked at him again and said, "But what I didn't expect was that you would actually Bet your life on others..."
Gao Changgong smiled and said nothing.
At this time, the leading guard asked: "Prince, what should we do with these two people? And this monk?"
"Ignore the dead ones for now. Take the alive ones for interrogation and ask them where they came from!"
"yes!"
"Go down the mountain first, you have nothing to do here!"
"Yes! However, we still have to leave a few people to protect the king in case there are any assassins!"
"No need, go down! It won't happen again today!"
"yes!"
The leading guard hesitated for a moment, and finally obeyed the order and left with the other guards and the two arrested assassins.
After the assassin left, Xiao Jinyu looked at Gao Changgong again.
"What is the prince going to do about the dead person? Does he want to turn this into a big deal or a small matter?" she asked.
"What is a big thing? What is a small thing?" Gao Changgong asked with interest.
"If it's a big thing, it will definitely involve a war between the two countries. If it's a small thing, it's just an assassination. It depends on how it is said and done."
"Then let's treat it as a trivial matter for now!"
Gao Changgong replied, Xiao Jinyu also nodded, seeming to have plans and considerations in mind.
"Brother Qing——"
At this time, Fenghuang also rushed back, glanced at Gao Changgong, and then whispered a few words into Xiao Jinyu's ear. Xiao Jinyu's face changed slightly and she nodded silently. "Those assassins were all killed by the people he brought. I chased an escaped assassin, but saw him escaping into Qiyun Peak of Fahua Mountain, which is where Xu Shangshu held a talk gathering. He must have sneaked in at this moment. I dare not venture into the crowd of scholars!"
"Well, you are right not to rush in!" Xiao Jinyu replied, suddenly glanced at the light of the morning sun shining from the forest, and said solemnly, "It's almost three o'clock!"
"Brother Qing, it's getting late, I'm here to help you..."
Halfway through what Fenghuang said, he looked at Gao Changgong, who was looking curious and puzzled, with hostility in his eyes again.
When she looked back, she saw that Xiao Jinyu had already taken off her white coat, revealing a black dress with mysterious patterns and sleeves. There was a jade pendant hanging from her waist. She once again used a hairpin to cover her black hair, and her long hair Matching the black clothes and lingering in the gentle breeze in the mountains, it has a rather unconventional and romantic charm of Qingtongchu.
"It doesn't matter, today I want to use the power of the county king to achieve my reputation, so I will be honest. I believe that the county king will not leak my affairs."
As she said this, she turned around and smiled. The smile on such a beautiful face was truly breathtaking and unforgettable.
"Of course not!" he replied.
After a while, Phoenix once again replaced her disguise with another face that belonged to a man.
Gao Changgong couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw that she had another face, but he was just stunned for a moment before returning to normal and smiling back.
"Prince, let's go up the mountain together!"
"good!"
…
At this time, a debate on the top of Qiyun Peak caused by Han Zigao had entered a period of endless debate and commotion.
When Xiao Jinyu and Gao Changgong arrived, they heard someone say: "Although General Han came from a humble background, he never changed his ambitions. He fought with the late emperor in all directions and regained the lost territory. Later, he became a high-ranking official and became rich and powerful without changing his beliefs and loyalty. As for the monarch, who is waiting for his illness before he collapses, why do you, such a loyal and loyal minister, keep talking about things like a boy jester?
Do you judge people only by their appearance? The King of Lanling, Gao Changgong, gained a reputation as a warrior by winning lives in the battlefield. How could the kings deliberately ignore or even ridicule his meritorious service in the battlefield because of his beauty? "
Before reaching the top of the mountain, Xiao Jinyu could already hear Xiao Xian's voice.
"Xian Lang of the Xiao family defended a jester like this. Have you ever thought about who the king is today?"
The person who spoke this time was a scribe, and his tone clearly contained evil intentions.
At this moment, a clear voice reached everyone's ears.
"Whether you are worthy or not depends on your talent; when you meet someone or not, it depends on the time. Having high talent and being pure does not guarantee that you will be noble; being able to be humble and acting dirty does not guarantee that you will be humble."
Hearing his voice, Xiao Xian couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart. All the scholars headed by him turned around to look for the voice, and saw that it was King Lanling coming with a scholar and bodyguard.
The man who spoke just now was the man in black clothes who was walking in front, with a delicate appearance and handsome manner. Although this man in black clothes was not wearing any accessories, he actually had an aura of nobility from a high-ranking family. When he came, he looked like a descendant of Wang Xie back then.
It is said that Wang Xie's descendants regard black as a symbol of nobility. They often wear black clothes and mysterious clothes. They don't like to be sculpted, but pay attention to returning to simplicity.
"Who are you? What do you mean by this?" someone couldn't help but ask.
Seeing King Lanling approaching seemingly unscathed, Yuwenhui's face darkened slightly, but Yuwenzhi was surprised for a moment and then looked miserable and asked with a smile: "King Lanling is finally here. , Dare I ask who this young man is next to the prince?"
Hearing the name of King Lanling, several more "swish, swish" glances came towards him. At this time, more and more scholars were attracted to watch, and soon the three of them were surrounded.
Facing the inquiry from the Zhou envoy, Gao Changgong didn't know how to answer and pondered for a moment. At this moment, he saw Xiao Jinyu stepping forward to salute the scholars one by one and said loudly:
"Xie Shi of Chen County, Xie, Zhen!"
She answered calmly and looked at everyone with clear eyes.
As soon as the words "Chen Jun Xie" came out, there was an unspeakable silence on the top of the mountain. Except for Xiao Xian, Cui Heng, who was standing in the crowd, also looked at her in shock. He looked at her unfamiliar face.
At this moment, she also deliberately lowered her voice to make it more like a man's voice.
"Are you really a descendant of the Xie family in Chen County?" someone asked in surprise.
Xiao Jinyu said: "The family and country are not safe, and the members of my clan are withering away. When I was seven years old, I went into exile in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Now I heard that Xu Shangshu was holding an elegant gathering, so I came here with King Lanling."
This explains why she is with King Lanling.
"It's unbelievable. During the Hou Jing Rebellion, Wang Xie's descendants were the first to bear the brunt and were massacred. There are still survivors?"
"Could it be that you are pretending to be the Xie family of Chen County?"
(End of chapter)